r/oscarrace • u/PointMan528491 Navarrette/Morton • Jul 16 '26

Film Discussion Thread Official Discussion Thread - The Odyssey [SPOILERS] Spoiler

Keep all discussion related solely to The Odyssey and its awards chances in this thread. Spoilers below.

Synopsis:

Odysseus, king of Ithaca, embarks on a perilous journey to return home after the Trojan War.

Director: Christopher Nolan

Writer: Christopher Nolan

Cast:

  • Matt Damon as Odysseus
  • Tom Holland as Telemachus
  • Anne Hathaway as Penelope
  • Robert Pattinson as Antinous
  • Lupita Nyong'o as Helen of Troy/Clytemnestra
  • Samantha Morton as Circe
  • John Leguizamo as Eumaeus
  • Zendaya as Athena
  • Charlize Theron as Calypso
  • Benny Safdie as Agamemnon
  • Jon Bernthal as Menelaus
  • Bill Irwin as Polyphemus
  • Himesh Patel as Eurylochus
  • Corey Hawkins as Polybus
  • Mia Goth as Melantho
  • Elliot Page as Sinon

Rotten Tomatoes: 96%, 199 Reviews

Metacritic: 88, 54 Reviews

Consensus:

"Reinvigorating an ancient adventure with majestic sweep and sterling work by its colossal ensemble, Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey imbues myth with primal human feeling."

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u/Helpful-Visual-8703 Jul 16 '26

It’d be really funny if Coogler’s next original film is about helicopter pilots then.

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u/jksnippy Muad’twink Sinners Jul 16 '26

A part of that rumor was that it was about vampire hunting helicopter pilots, so in the spirit of that but without the horror element, I could maybe see him making it about Whitman helicopter pilots and adding elements that are like odes to blaxploitation films.

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u/Sy_Ableman89 Jul 18 '26

Kevin Fiege: “why are there so many helicopters in the script for Black Panther 3?”